opioid addiction

Defining a Service for People Who Use Drugs as ‘low-threshold’: What Should Be the Criteria?

Defining a service for people who use drugs as ‘low-threshold’: What should be the criteria?

Int J Drug Policy. 2013 Apr 5;
Mofizul Islam M, Topp L, Conigrave KM, Day CA

HubMed – addiction

 

Case-control association study of… Continue reading

An Amphipathic Alpha-Helix in the Prodomain of Cocaine and Amphetamine Regulated Transcript Peptide Precursor Serves as Its Sorting Signal to the Regulated Secretory Pathway.

An amphipathic alpha-helix in the prodomain of cocaine and amphetamine regulated transcript Peptide precursor serves as its sorting signal to the regulated secretory pathway.

PLoS One. 2013; 8(3): e59695
Blanco EH, Lagos CF, Andrés ME, Gysling K

Cocaine and… Continue reading

A Preliminary Study Comparing Methadone and Buprenorphine in Patients With Chronic Pain and Coexistent Opioid Addiction.

A Preliminary Study Comparing Methadone and Buprenorphine in Patients with Chronic Pain and Coexistent Opioid Addiction.

J Addict Dis. 2013 Jan; 32(1): 68-78
Neumann AM, Blondell RD, Jaanimägi U, Giambrone AK, Homish GG, Lozano JR, Kowalik U, Azadfard M… Continue reading

Addiction and Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone Type 1 Receptor Antagonist Medications.

Addiction and corticotropin-releasing hormone type 1 receptor antagonist medications.

Filed under: Addiction Rehab

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2013 Feb 11;
Contoreggi C, Lee MR, Chrousos G

Derangements in corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) through its type 1 receptor (CRHR1) have… Continue reading

Why the Treatment of Mental Disorders Is an Important Component of HIV Prevention Among People Who Inject Drugs.

Why the Treatment of Mental Disorders Is an Important Component of HIV Prevention among People Who Inject Drugs.

Filed under: Addiction Rehab

Adv Prev Med. 2013; 2013: 690386
Buckingham E, Schrage E, Cournos F

People who inject drugs are… Continue reading

Weighing Cost, Liability in Delivering Recommended Addiction Treatment.

Weighing cost, liability in delivering recommended addiction treatment.

Filed under: Addiction Rehab

Behav Healthc. 2012 Nov-Dec; 32(6): 10-1
Grantham D

HubMed – addiction

 

Deep brain stimulation of the nucleus accumbens and its usefulness in severe opioid addiction.

Filed… Continue reading

Addiction Rehab: Inhibition of FAAH and Activation of PPAR: New Approaches to the Treatment of Cognitive Dysfunction and Drug Addiction.

Inhibition of FAAH and activation of PPAR: New approaches to the treatment of cognitive dysfunction and drug addiction.

Filed under: Addiction Rehab

Pharmacol Ther. 2013 Jan 16;
Panlilio LV, Justinova Z, Goldberg SR

Enhancing the effects of endogenously-released cannabinoid… Continue reading

Can You Become Addicted to Opioids Using Tramadol?

Question by Chloe Megan: Can you become addicted to opioids using tramadol?
The BNF states that tramadol is not suitable in people with opioid addiction. So does this mean that tramadol is not addictive?

The BNF also states that… Continue reading

Grateful Dead-1972-04-17-Live at the Tivoli,Copenhagen


 

Grateful Dead-1972-04-17-Live At The Tivoli,Copenhagen – The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues,… Continue reading

Assessment of the Abuse of Tapentadol Immediate Release: The First 24 Months.

Assessment of the abuse of tapentadol immediate release: The first 24 months.

Filed under: Addiction Rehab

J Opioid Manag. 2012 Nov; 8(6): 395-402
Dart RC, Cicero TJ, Surratt HL, Rosenblum A, Bartelson BB, Adams EH

OBJECTIVE: Prescription opioid analgesics… Continue reading